Northwest History. Alaska 7. Aviation Air Routes, United States

Oriental Air Route Link Is Predicted. ORIENTAL AIR ROUTE LINK IS PREDICTED KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 29. (/P) —Renewed discussion of possible plans to link the United States with the orient by air, through Alaska, was heard here today with visits to the territory of Harlee Branch, executive assistant...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1934
Subjects:
oriental air route
Ketchikan
Alaska
the United States
the orient
air
Harlee Branch
Postmaster General Farley
C. A. Cisler
air mail service
Robert G. Thach
Pan American Airways
Thach
Alaskan coast
Bering straits
China
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Farley
Pacific
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/89728
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Summary:Oriental Air Route Link Is Predicted. ORIENTAL AIR ROUTE LINK IS PREDICTED KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 29. (/P) —Renewed discussion of possible plans to link the United States with the orient by air, through Alaska, was heard here today with visits to the territory of Harlee Branch, executive assistant to Postmaster General Farley, C. A. Cisler, superintendent of the air mail service, and Robert G. Thach, vice president of Pan American Airways. Unofficial reports were that Thach stfbrtly plans a flight along the Alaskan coast, across the Bering straits and thence to China.

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